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Five Premier League clubs are facing the threat of being hit with a transfer ban as part of Fifa’s investigation into the signing of foreign players under the age of 18.

Chelsea are one of the clubs and a report by French investigative website Mediapart has claimed that Fifa’s Integrity and Compliance unit have internally proposed a two-year transfer ban on the London club stretching across four windows.

Mediapart are one of the organisations publishing documents obtained by Football Leaks. Other than releasing a short statement in which they insisted they are cooperating with Fifa, Chelsea would not comment on the report or the case.

But sources close to the Fifa investigation have told Telegraph...

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